NJIT Earns 2021 Award for Excellence from Business Association

Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been named Member of the Year by the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) in its New Jersey Business magazine. The award recognizes efforts to improve the state’s business climate. Specifically, NJIT was honored for preparing students to “excel ...

NJIT Campus Climate Study

Tuesday, October 5th, 2021
Dear NJIT Community Member, At the beginning of the semester, I announced that NJIT is undertaking a campus climate study, and now is the time for you to participate. I urge you to take the 20-30 minutes needed to answer questions by going to https://rankinsurveys4.com/njit/. We have contracted with...

10 Things College Students Should Do to Stay in Balance

Tuesday, October 5th, 2021
These simple everyday tips can help you on your journey to mental and emotional wellness. Rest. Listen, we know you’re working on tight deadlines and have plenty of due dates - but getting enough sleep each night is a necessity. Try to commit to 8 hours a night. If you can’t get in a full 8 hours, ...

"Once-In-A-Generation" Tardigrade Fossil Discovery Reveals New Species in 16-Million-Year-Old Amber

Tuesday, October 5th, 2021
They’ve famously survived the vacuum of space, and even returned to life after being frozen for decades in Antarctic moss. But as hard as it is to kill the bizarre microscopic animal, the tardigrade, it’s harder to find one fossilized. In fact, only two have ever been discovered and formally named —...

NJIT Presidential Search Update

Monday, October 4th, 2021
NJIT Community Members, I hope you all are well. As Chair of the NJIT Board of Trustees, I would like to take this opportunity to share some updates and acknowledge important successes. Our university is off to an excellent start to the Fall semester. We have welcomed students, faculty, and staff b...

Experts at NJIT's New AI Research Center to Study Theory and Applications

Friday, October 1st, 2021
Members of NJIT's new Center for Artificial Intelligence Research will look to expand knowledge of the theory, data and applications of their field, which director Grace Wang said is quickly evolving from experimental to practical status. The center will rely heavily on external grants, such as from...

Rene White and Regsan Watkins Named Candidates for 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award

Thursday, September 30th, 2021
NJIT fifth-year seniors Rene White and Regsan Watkins join a list of 60 NCAA men's and women's student-athletes selected as the 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award candidates. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four...

Women's Soccer Defeats Defending America East Champion Stony Brook

Thursday, September 30th, 2021
"We need to have a lot of heart this season in order to beat these really talented opponents that we know are very hard to face from last season." Those were fifth year Yasmeen Malik's words back in late August as the NJIT women's soccer team was in the midst of a trying four-game season-opening sc...

NJIT Business Incubator Offers New Programs to Minority Newark Residents

Thursday, September 30th, 2021
Minorities and underserved residents in Newark will soon have unique opportunities to establish high-tech businesses, based on three new programs from the VentureLink arm of NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Institute. Great ideas can come from anywhere, but too often there aren't enough resources availa...

Digital Archive of Newark Architecture Goes AR

Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
There is nothing outwardly special about the old brick building on State Street and Broadway. To the layperson, it’s just another pile of bricks near a highway entrance. Through a phone app and a camera lens, the NJIT Littman Architecture Library’s Digital Archive of Newark Architecture (DANA) will ...